POLITICS
‘AZERBAIJAN IS A SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPING COUNTRY ON GLOBAL SCALE’
Baku, June 2 (AZERTAC). Today Azerbaijan is successfully developing country on the global scale, said President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in his remarks at the opening of the 17th International Caspian Oil & Gas Exhibition and Conference Incorporating Refining and Petrochemicals.
The president said: “In 1994 Azerbaijan was on the threshold of great works,” noting the country`s economy faced “huge” difficulties at those times. “Serious steps were undertaken to establish stability in the country. But, in 1994 there was no idea about Azerbaijan`s future: In which way will Azerbaijan develop? How Azerbaijan`s economy will be formed? Which direction will Azerbaijan take for its strategic development? All these questions stood before our country.”
“A strategic choice made in those years was what ensured Azerbaijan`s present successes. The launch of the oil strategy, Azerbaijan`s successful policy towards integration into the world community, economic reforms, huge investments in economy - all this ensured today`s development of Azerbaijan. And today we are the country which is successfully developing on the global scale.”
“We all are well aware that if it was not for national leader Heydar Aliyev`s resolute steps in 1994 and if it was not for the signing of the Contract of the Century, Azerbaijan could have faced quite another destiny. The signing of the Contract of the Century not only allowed Azerbaijan to open rich resources of the Caspian basin to world countries, but also ensured the country`s long-term and successful development.”